The Five

Five major cities are on track to surpass their 2021 homicide totals: Number has spiked 25% in Milwaukee, 13% in DC and Atlanta and more than 7% in Baltimore and LA [More]

Five Democrat cities…

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Back in Action

Keefe said the shooting took place just seconds after the four beat Rivera-Perez and threatened him, his wife and two young children. Connor also aimed a gun at Rivera-Perez’s wife. “Make no mistake about it, they attacked him and his family. They brought war against him and his family,” Keefe said. The attorney also contended that the bullet had entered Connor’s body from the side, not through his back. [More]

Sounds justified for a number of reasons, not the least being:

Evidence showed the suspect was shot in the back… and the County Attorney announced that no charges would be brought on the officers.

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Maybe Try Plan B?

Hours after the anti-gun March For Our Lives rally crossed through Louisville, Kentucky, five teenagers were wounded in a shooting at a waterfront park Saturday night, according to police. [More]

I’m not sure I see a correlation/causation nexus, but this does say something about the reformative value of such efforts.

Perhaps David Hogg & Co. would be more effective if, instead of holding rallies in public places protected by armed enforcers, they made personal face-to-face appeals to gang members and spoke to them young person to young person…

Unless they’re disproportionately afraid based on race…

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